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• Brazil 'are a supplier of great players' says United manager• 'Liverpool would struggle' to produce young English playersThe Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson does not believe England will win the World Cup next summer, even though nine members of his squad are aiming to be in Fabio Capello's line-up for the fin (Read More)
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Thierry Henry has pushed football's boundaries of propriety too far – the Irish have no choice but to declare warWe have heard from Ireland's justice minister, Dermot Ahern: "We should put the powers that be in the cosy world of Fifa on the spot and demand a replay." Brian Cowan, the Taoiseach, promised to raise the matter (Read More)
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Thierry Henry's handball against Ireland capped a miserable sporting year of shameless cheatingIt was another Frenchman, Jean‑Paul Sartre, who cooked up the phrase "by any means necessary" as a war cry to eradicate class in Gallic society. Then along came Thierry Henry to invert its purpose as the strong stamped on the weak (Read More)
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As the French nation prepared for the crucial World Cup qualifying match against Ireland on Wednesday evening, the streets of Paris were already in carnival mood long before the kick-off in the Stade de France. From 8.30pm onwards, throughout the city football fans waved flags, blocked traffic, hooted horns and sang songs o (Read More)
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President vows to defend Egyptians abroad as violence spreads across Cairo and AlgiersEgyptian president Hosni Mubarak ratcheted up the diplomatic tension with Algeria yesterday as football-related violence continued to spread across both countries. In a statement to parliament, he told cheering MPs that "Egypt will not be (Read More)
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• Dutch coach told to expect approach from Argentina • Hiddink also linked with return to Chelsea next seasonGuus Hiddink could be set for a surprise move to become the joint coach of the Argentina national team with Diego Maradona. Hiddink's Russia failed to reach the 2010 World Cup finals last week but the Dutch coach has (Read More)
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Halfway through a 50-year project to raise football's profile in America – and on the day David Beckham plays in the MLS Cup final – the men in charge are delightedThe American investors who are investing abroad should invest here." So said Sepp Blatter last summer when the Fifa president visited the United States and saw t (Read More)
BBC:
Sunderland manager Steve Bruce believes striker Darren Bent "has to be" in England boss Fabio Capello's squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. (Read More)
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• 'Calls have fallen on deaf ears at French Football Federation'• FAI's John Delaney also thanks 'solidarity of the French people'The Republic of Ireland have been forced to admit defeat in their efforts to be granted a replay of their World Cup play-off clash with France. After Fifa rejected their appeals to have the secon (Read More)
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Of course the English don't hate, despise nor fear the French, but an incident in a game of football in France requires a leading broadsheet English newspaper to cover the story by an article on its front page (Hands-on Henry becomes public enemy numéro un, 20 November), a half-page article on page 3, two letters about the (Read More)
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• Foster feels he needs to play to make World Cup squad• Ferguson sees John O'Shea as next long-term captainSir Alex Ferguson will reject any attempt by his back-up goalkeeper Ben Foster to secure an England place for next summer by going on loan from Manchester United for the rest of the season.Foster said after England's (Read More)
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Maybe the Fifa president should take himself out of circulation for a while and have a damn good thinkFirst we were cross with Thierry Henry. This turned out to be an unsatisfying experience, like shouting tiny, pathetic inaudible words of remonstrance through the gummed-shut side window of your broken down Fiat Panda at a (Read More)
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Thierry Henry's calculated handball showed football is all about getting away with what you can when you canIt is understood that the canonisation of Thierry Henry has been postponed indefinitely. During his eight years at Arsenal Henry came to represent what football ought to be about, yet in the space of barely a heartbea (Read More)
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• Henry embarrassed at nature of France's victory• Arsène Wenger backs striker's plea for a rematchThierry Henry has admitted that replaying France's World Cup play-off against the Republic of Ireland would be "the fairest solution" following his handball in the build-up to Les Bleus' decisive goal, with his former manager (Read More)
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• Carlo Ancelotti says he is happy to work with Dutchman• Roberto Mancini favourite to be Russia's new coachGuus Hiddink plans to return to Chelsea as technical director following his failure to guide Russia to the World Cup. Hiddink said yesterday that an announcement on his future could come as early as next month. He has (Read More)